Roots
IrishCentral’s repository of everything to do with your Irish roots – from Irish history, your ancestors, your Irish name, to ancient myth, legend and folklore.
Create the perfect memorial for your loved one by learning about their Irish roots
One Irish baby name has topped the US charts for 44 years in the past century
Seeking love, hundreds from China and Japan flock to Irish matchmaking festival
Does Pope Francis know the greatest Irish Catholic priest of all time?
Northern Ireland's first civil rights march was held 50 years ago today
Did a young American woman steal Oscar Wilde’s heart?
Discover research on common Irish names, emigration research, and more at The Genealogy Event
The mystery French lady who visits Michael Collins’ grave every year
Choctaw Native American leads Tipperary famine walk, compares to “Trail of Tears”
Most read
- 1 On This Day: The Titanic's tragic last stop in Cobh, Co Cork
- 2 Documentary reveals incredible colorized footage of the Titanic
- 3 Savage! Funny phrases Irish use that Americans don’t
- 4 On This Day: The US Civil War begins in 1861
- 5 Faces of the Titanic: Irish woman Bridget Delia Bradley tried to climb back onto sinking ship
- 6 Lions, luxury and living history - explore the epic Fota Island, off Cork
- 7 WATCH: 1916 Easter Rising footage featured in British Pathé online archives
- 8 On This Day: USS Jamestown sent to Ireland on a Famine-relief mission
- 9 The poetry of Irish sayings and phrases
History
The dazzling life of Mabelle Gilman Corey
On This Day: USS Jamestown sent to Ireland on a Famine-relief mission
On This Day: The US Civil War begins in 1861
Faces of the Titanic: Irish woman Bridget Delia Bradley tried to climb back onto sinking ship
Documentary reveals incredible colorized footage of the Titanic
Genealogy